gerund

gerund
gerundial /jeuh run"dee euhl/, adj.gerundially, adv.
/jer"euhnd/, n. Gram.
1. (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendi gen., dicendo, dat., abl., etc., "saying."
2. the English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as writing in Writing is easy.
3. a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.
[1505-15; < LL gerundium, L gerundum that which is to be carried on, equiv. to ger(ere) to bear, carry on + -undum, var. of -endum, gerund suffix]
Usage. See me.

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